Moctezuma Stables

Addendum to previous review: I wanted to give you all the 4-1-1 on the incredibly versatile, all-horse-breeds knowledgeable, & also totally people-friendly NEW trainer, Ms. Alie McMillin, who owner, Jose "Mayo" Moctezuma, brought aboard this summer to compliment his numerous horse training talents & years of experience! Wow!!!

Trainer Alie "hosted" my 14-year-old daughter & her 4 friends for her "Golden" birthday party 2 weeks ago and the girls are STILL discussing (almost ad nauseum...haha!) how totally fun it was to spend all those hours being trained by Alie on e-v-e-r-y-t-h-I-n-g horses, not just riding them. It was super awesome to watch my daughter & her friends laughing & enjoying their new horse "friends" while riding together with Alie & no cell phones to be found...YAY!! Trainer Alie was super fun & totally encouraging with ALL the teenagers especially afterward while sharing birthday cake, pizza & swamping horse stories with the girls!! My daughter said Alie made the WHOLE PARTY A TOTAL BLAST & it was her BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!!!" She & her friends want to go back to take lessons with Trainer Alie too.

As a middle school English teacher the last 27 years, I was incredibly impressed at Alie McMillin's VAST knowledge of & riding abilities with regards to ALL types of horse breeds (not just Saddlebreds!), her patience with the teens during their party riding lessons, her sincere gratitude, & just how incrediblly insightful Alie was on how to help all her riders -- from beginners to the more experienced - become better riders!! Thank you so much Alie McMillin for making my daughter's special birthday so much MORE "Golden" & for making all her party guests' riding experiences so memorable that they want more lessons with you now!!! You, Mayo Moctezuma & all the horses living at the stables are T-H-E BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mayo is one of THE best trainers in the Saddlebred industry & the horses he trains for horse lovers/riders all over the USA are amazingly intelligent, hard-working & loyal like him. It is a gorgeous stables & "farm" to ride at every weekend which is why I drive 100 miles round trip to do it!!! Super incredibly grateful to have discovered this diamond in the farmlands of Woodstock, Illinois!!

Great place with great people, that take exceptional care of the horses!!

After visiting this barn, I’m very sad to know that people still chain their horses instead of train them. Not only did this helpless animal have chains on his feet, his HEAD WAS CHAINED TIGHT WITH NO SUPERVISION IN A STALL BY HIMSELF. Why is there a horse chained up like a ship to shore in this barn? I really hope the owners are made aware of this review and review how they treat helpless animals of prey that depend on them for care, not chains.